School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 146
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“St Patrick's Day falls on the 17th of March each year.”
(continued from previous page)wear shamrock on that day is because St Patrick found the first shamrock in Ireland.
There are red dots on the leaves of the shamrock from Tara and there are no red dots on any other shamrock.
Once there lived in Kilessan, Co Meath a woman and a man. There was an old custom to drown the shamrock on St Patricks day. The people used to drink in public houses on that day and come drunk in the and that was the way they used to drown the shamrock. This man and woman had not much education. They did not know what way the people used to drown the shamrock. On St Patricks day the woman vexed the man. The woman went down to the River Schene to drown the shamrock. She bent down to put the shamrock into the water, when the man came up behind her and pushed her into the river and said, "now(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Niall Collier
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Arlonstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- John Collier
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Arlonstown, Co. Meath